Improvement in bird-cages



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

V l JOHN D. HEINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPRovEMENT IN BIRD-CAGES.

Speciiication forming part of v Letters Patent No. 177,715, dated May 23, 1876; application filed March 25, 1876.

To all lwhom it may concern: V

'Be it knownthat 1, JOHN D. HEINS, of the city, county, and State of NewYork have invented a new and `Improved Bird- Cage,of which the` following is a specification:

This improved 'cage is mainly intended for mating two lor more vfemale birds with Vone v1nale`,and consists essentially of -elose parti tions, dividing it into tvo 4or more compart- .i 1nents,which partitions-are provided witha passage and a slidingdoor, to Vbe opened at Willfor allowing the male bird to pass Vont of one' compartment into another whenone -female has gone on her nest, and the partitions are made to rise and besupported a little above the tray inthe bottom, for drawingit out for cleaning; also for drawing the partitions en'- vtirely out, when the several spaces may be connected inone;

Figure 1 is partly a front elevation of the improved cage, and partly a section taken on the lille a: x, Fig. 2,; andFig. 2 is a transverse section taken onliney y, Fig. 1. 4

` Similar letters of reference lindicate lcorresponding parts'.

A represents the back, B `the ends, and C the and sliding in the tray D inthe bottom.

front, of the entire cage. yD is a long tray in the bottom to receive the refuse, for removing it by drawing out at the front. E represents the close partitions, for jseparating it into compartments. F represents the passages through the partitions, and G the slides for closing them, and H is an opening through the partitions for the perch. By the close partitions the female birds can readily be separated so as not to see eachother, and thus be Witnesses :y v

T. B. MosHER, v

ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

JOHN D. Heins.

secure `by Letters Patent- 

